Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

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

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

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

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

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