Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

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

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

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue 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.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.