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

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

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

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

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

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

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

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

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

One car at a time please.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.