This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.