Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

Here be dragons.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

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

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses.

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

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.

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