This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

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

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

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

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.