No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

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

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.