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

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

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

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.