An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

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

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

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.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

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

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.