Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

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

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

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

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

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

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

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

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

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

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

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.