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

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

This giant satellite antenna services the transmission needs of government agencies and cable programmers.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

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

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.