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

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

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

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

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

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

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

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.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

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