World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."