The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

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

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

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

The magic's in the hole!

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

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

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

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

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.