This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."