Mine your own precious stones.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

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

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

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.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.