The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

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

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

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

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.