Places DarkFireJacob Wants to Go

Multiple monuments to a grizzled old mutt that survived the landscape of Butte's treacherous Berkeley Pit.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

Definitely not a clown bar.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

This 329-acre nature park is Lake Washington's largest remaining wetland ecosystem.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

A museum displaying an impressive collection of pre-contact Makah artifacts.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

This historic bridge connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island across whirlpool-filled waters.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.