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

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

Make it an offering.

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

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

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

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.