A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

California's first suspension bridge.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

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

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

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

An ideal location for plane spotting in British Columbia.