Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Hunting trophies decorate Oregon's most unique bar-restaurant.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

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

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

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.