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The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

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

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

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.