These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

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

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

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

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

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 historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

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

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

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.