This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

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

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

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

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

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

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

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

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

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

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.