This vast, pristine wilderness is home to a rare subspecies of black bear.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

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

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

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

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

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

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

A diorama lover's dream world.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.