This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

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

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.