Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.