The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

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

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

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