Touchet, Washington
Twin Sisters
Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
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Touchet, Washington
Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
Redmond, Oregon
Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.
Redmond, Oregon
A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
Leavenworth, Washington
One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.
Madras, Oregon
An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
Coulee City, Washington
Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.
Coulee City, Washington
A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Dufur, Oregon
The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.
Hong Kong
A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.
Mission, British Columbia
Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.
Kampot Province, Cambodia
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
Litchfield, California
Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
Brazil
An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Kiribati
Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.
Dresden, Germany
An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.
Lisbon, Portugal
This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.
Cork, Ireland
An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.