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This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

Crystal clear, drinkable mountain spring water by the side of the road.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

A nearly 200-year-old Catholic mission built to serve the native people of Idaho.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

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.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.