This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.