Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.