Where a Japanese government official issued transit visas to Jews fleeing from Nazi-occupied Poland.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

An abandoned textile factory on the "island of crows" was home to Estonia's first workers' strike.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

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

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

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

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.