Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.