The cardinal directions, set in stone.

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

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

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

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.