A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.