This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

An urban laboratory.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.