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‘Giant’ Marfa Mural

Marfa, Texas

‘Giant’ Marfa Mural

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

“Sleeping Figure” stretches 150 feet end to end.

Marfa, Texas

‘Sleeping Figure’

Twelve decommissioned shipping containers evoke a reclining person in Marfa, Texas.

Target Marathon
Permanently Closed

Alpine, Texas

Target Marathon

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

Postcard of the ghost town cemetery.

Terlingua, Texas

Terlingua Ghost Town

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Sanderson Station

Sanderson, Texas

Sanderson Station

Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.

Original saloon/courthouse.

Langtry, Texas

Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

The Saloon building

Comfort, Texas

The Cartoon Saloon

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

The outside of the museum, complete with M&M greeters and half of a "Barney Smith Day" sign.

The Colony, Texas

Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

Sundial Bridge

Redding, California

Sundial Bridge

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Outside Hippo Hardware in Portland.

Portland, Oregon

Hippo Hardware

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

TMK Creamery

Canby, Oregon

TMK Creamery

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

Covered Arbor for concerts and rentals

Portland, Oregon

Leach Botanical Garden

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

Lunch at Huber's

Portland, Oregon

Huber’s

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

Rimsky-Korsakoffee House

Portland, Oregon

Rimsky-Korsakoffee House

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Portland's Center for Native American Art

Portland, Oregon

Native American Art Center

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

The Poison Dart frogs show.

Portland, Oregon

Morrison Street Minigallery

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

River View Cemetery

Portland, Oregon

River View Cemetery

Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp’s brother, is among those buried here.

Bring a bottle

Olympia, Washington

Olympia Artesian Well Commons

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.

Twede's Cafe

North Bend, Washington

Twede's Cafe

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Garden sculptures.

Ellensburg, Washington

Dick and Jane's Spot

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

Tool Shoppe [SIDE]

Union, Oregon

William N. Banton Tool Shop

One of the few remaining water-driven tool shops, originally built in 1911.

I. B. Perrine Bridge

Twin Falls, Idaho

I. B. Perrine Bridge

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

Shoshone Falls.

Kimberly, Idaho

Shoshone Falls

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

T-486 Patriot.

Corinne, Utah

ATK Rocket Garden

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

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