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Kemmerer, Wyoming

JCPenney Mother Store

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.
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Afton, Wyoming

World's Largest Elkhorn Arch

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.
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Hiko, Nevada

Alien Research Center

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.
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McGill, Nevada

McGill Drugstore Museum

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.
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Winlock, Washington

Winlock Egg

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.
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Torndirrup, Australia

The Gap and Natural Bridge

Wild seas have created two spectacular formations just a stone's throw away from each other.
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Spokane, Washington

Greenwood Cemetery

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.
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Spokane, Washington

Monroe Street Bridge Bison Skulls

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.
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Spokane, Washington

Big Red Wagon

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

Garbage Goat

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

Treaty Rock

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Little Free Library in a 110-Year-Old Tree Stump

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.
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Wallace, Idaho

North Idaho Trading Company

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.
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Wallace, Idaho

Sierra Silver Mine

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.
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Wallace, Idaho

Oasis Bordello Museum

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.
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Wallace, Idaho

Center of the Universe Manhole

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
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Mullan, Idaho

Elmer's Fountain

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 
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St Regis, Montana

St. Regis Trout Museum

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.
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Missoula, Montana

A Carousel for Missoula

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.
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Jackson, Wyoming

National Museum of Wildlife Art

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.
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Moose, Wyoming

T. A. Moulton Barn

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.
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Bozeman, Montana

American Computer Museum

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.
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Cameron, Montana

Earthquake Lake

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.
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Dubois, Idaho

Transcontinental Air Mail Route Beacon

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.
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