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Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

One of the last surviving buildings of a once large and thriving Chinatown.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.