Portland, Oregon
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.
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Portland, Oregon
Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Key Largo, Florida
Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Lake Helen, Florida
Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Hallandale Beach, Florida
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.