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

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

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

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

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

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

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.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

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

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."