This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.