Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

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

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

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

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.