The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.