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

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

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

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.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

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

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

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

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

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

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

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

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

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.