Laguna Beach, California
Victoria Beach's Pirate Tower
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
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Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
San Francisco, California
A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
Reynosa, Mexico
Traditional craftwork and modern pop culture merge in this piñata workshop.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Newport Beach, California
Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.
San Diego, California
Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.
La Puente, California
“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.
Holbrook, Arizona
For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.
Paro, Bhutan
The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Independence, Missouri
A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.
Carthage, Missouri
When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.
Corvallis, Oregon
Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.
Oregon City, Oregon
This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.
Cave Junction, Oregon
Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.
Sisters, Oregon
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Boise, Idaho
Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.