This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Make it an offering.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

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