Arlee, Montana
Garden of One Thousand Buddhas
This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Arlee, Montana
This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.
Bigfork, Montana
A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.
Columbia Falls, Montana
A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.
Polson, Montana
With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."
West Glacier, Montana
This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.
Libby, Montana
Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.
Molson, Washington
This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.
Coulee City, Washington
Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.
Coulee City, Washington
A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.
Richland, Washington
A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Soap Lake, Washington
People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.
Richland, Washington
Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.
Granger, Washington
In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."
Toppenish, Washington
Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.
Zillah, Washington
Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.
Hope, British Columbia
A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.
Abbotsford, British Columbia
A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.
Port Townsend, Washington
The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
Yachats, Oregon
There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.
Lyons, Oregon
1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.
Mukilteo, Washington
A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.
Olga, Washington
This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.