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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

The magic's in the hole!

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.