Portland, Oregon
International Rose Test Garden
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
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Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Portland, Oregon
Is this the most Portland place ever?
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.
Sequim, Washington
Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.
Mukilteo, Washington
A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Bishop, California
The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Victorville, California
Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
Landers, California
A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.
Cambria, California
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.