Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The magic's in the hole!

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

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

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.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.