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

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

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

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."