This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

Celebrate Earth Day with a menagerie of vibrant, artistic animal costumes.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.