This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.