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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

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

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

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.