Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

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

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.