"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

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.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

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

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

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

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

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.