No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

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

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

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

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

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

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

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.