Butte, Montana
Our Lady of the Rockies
High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.
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Butte, Montana
High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.
Butte, Montana
Multiple monuments to a grizzled old mutt that survived the landscape of Butte's treacherous Berkeley Pit.
Whitehall, Montana
The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.
Missoula, Montana
A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.
St Regis, Montana
Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.
Wallace, Idaho
The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
Wallace, Idaho
This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.
Post Falls, Idaho
A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.
Spokane, Washington
This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.
Spokane, Washington
This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.
Spokane, Washington
The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.
Spokane, Washington
Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.
Spokane, Washington
A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
Cave Junction, Oregon
This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.
Elko, Nevada
The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Buford, Wyoming
Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.