San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

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

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.