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La Grande, Oregon
The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
45.2418, -117.9399
Baker City, Oregon
The Armstrong Nugget
This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.
44.7814, -117.8255
Cleft, Idaho
Crater Rings
Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.
43.1905, -115.8596
Richland, Washington
Hanford Site
Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.
46.5507, -119.4890
Baker City, Oregon
The Great Salt Lick
A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.
44.7762, -117.8290
Tacoma, Washington
Dune Peninsula
A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.
47.3031, -122.5073
Monroe, Washington
Wayside Chapel
The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.
47.8542, -121.8460
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Haleets Rock
Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.
47.7186, -122.5445
Seattle, Washington
Bradner Gardens Park
This multi-functional park is a marvel of civic engagement.
47.5877, -122.2957
Kuna, Idaho
Idaho Initial Point
A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.
43.3721, -116.3940
Pendleton, Oregon
The Cozy Rooms
A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.
45.6705, -118.7870
Seattle, Washington
The Arctic Club
The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.
47.6039, -122.3318
Redlands, Colorado
Independence Monument
For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.
39.0956, -108.7231
Gypsum, Colorado
Dotsero Crater
Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.
39.6475, -107.0406
Weskan, Kansas
Mount Sunflower
A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.
39.0221, -102.0373
Guymon, Oklahoma
U.S. Route 412
Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
36.6963, -101.4827
Combs, Arkansas
False Crypts of Brashears Cemetery
There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.
35.8133, -93.7986
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum
This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.
34.5161, -93.0538
Earle, Arkansas
Northern Ohio School
A restored schoolhouse was once a vital part of the Black mill workers community in Arkansas.
35.2780, -90.5566
North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Old Mill
The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.
34.7917, -92.2494
Memphis, Tennessee
Overton Park Shell
One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.
35.1457, -89.9949
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