A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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

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

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

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

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

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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