The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.