The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

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.

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

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Make it an offering.

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

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

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.

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

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

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

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."