This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

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

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

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.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.