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

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

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

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

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

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

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

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

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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