Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

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.

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

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.

The massive Roman arch in New Hampshire that was meant to be a tomb.