A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

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

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

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

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.