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

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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.

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The magic's in the hole!

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

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

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

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

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

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.