The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

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

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

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

The magic's in the hole!

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

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.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

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

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

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

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.