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.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

Every drop of water in this 27-mile long reservoir was pumped up from the Columbia River using power from Grand Coulee Dam.

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A nearly 200-year-old Catholic mission built to serve the native people of Idaho.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

The former home of the "Mother of Father's Day."

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.