All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

A white oak with property rights.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

Definitely not a clown bar.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

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

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.