The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A white oak with property rights.