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Locally known as the "Onion” and the "Egg Beater,” Casper’s most recognizable buildings are beloved local landmarks to many, and eyesores to others.

A colorful, architectural experiment designed to increase a resident's longevity.

This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.

A tiny kissaten coffeeshop with expertly crafted coffee in an antique setting.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

The predecessor to this bridge was depicted in a famous Japanese woodcut print that influenced Van Gogh.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This abandoned open-pit copper mine features stunning turquoise mineral pools and excellent rock-hunting opportunities.

The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

A mass of iron named for the fire-dwelling mythological amphibian sits alongside the first west coast iron furnace.

The largest mausoleum on the West Coast, with over seven miles of corridors, perched on a riverside bluff.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.