These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

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

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

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

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

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

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.