The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

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

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

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

An underwater city for the dead.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.