This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

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

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

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.