A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

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

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

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.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.