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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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.

A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

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

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.