The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

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

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

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

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

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

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

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.

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

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

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

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.