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

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

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

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.