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Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

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

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

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

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.