Sloan, Nevada
Seven Magic Mountains
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
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Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Lone Pine, California
The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Seattle, Washington
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Cougar, Washington
This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.
Stevenson, Washington
An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Arco, Idaho
The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.
Arco, Idaho
Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.
Stanley, Idaho
See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.
Leavenworth, Washington
Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.
Leavenworth, Washington
One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
White Pine County, Nevada
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Lane County, Oregon
While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.
Nevada City, California
The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Oregon City, Oregon
The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.