The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

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.

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

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.