A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.

An amazing example of early-20th-century architecture, this church features marble transported from Utah.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

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

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.