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A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

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

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

An unfinished railroad project is now a hidden tunnel.