This wooden statue commemorates a man who spent nearly 40 years waving hello to the people of Laguna Beach.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

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

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

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

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.