An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.