A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

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.

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

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.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.