A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The magic's in the hole!

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.