Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Pick up a kebab and a credenza at this unique combination furniture store and café.

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

Get your cosplay on at Portland’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

Definitely not a clown bar.

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

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

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

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

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

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

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

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

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.