A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The magic's in the hole!

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.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.