The magic's in the hole!

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

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

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

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

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.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

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

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.