Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

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.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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.