An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

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

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

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

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Like Mars, but much closer.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

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

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.