A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The magic's in the hole!

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.

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

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

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

Make it an offering.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

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

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.