Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

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

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

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

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.