The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

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

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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.

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.