When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

This pop-culture shop also offers the chance to become part of their favorite tv show or movie.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.