San Francisco, California
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A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
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San Francisco, California
A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
Molson, Washington
This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Touchet, Washington
Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
Asotin, Washington
The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.
Pullman, Washington
A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.
Colfax, Washington
An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.
Garfield, Washington
A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.
Portland, Oregon
This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.
Portland, Oregon
Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Litchfield, California
Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
McCloud, California
This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Macdoel, California
This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Coolin, Idaho
Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.
Wallace, Idaho
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
Boise, Idaho
These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Florence, Oregon
The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.
Portland, Oregon
One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.