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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

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

The magic's in the hole!

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.