A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

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 massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.