Astoria, Oregon
The Astoria Column
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
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Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Seaside, Oregon
Where Nor'easters go to die.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Nehalem, Oregon
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Oregon City, Oregon
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.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Portland, Oregon
This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.
White Springs, Florida
The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.
Phoenix, Arizona
A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.
Phoenix, Arizona
The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.
Loretto, Pennsylvania
The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
State College, Pennsylvania
No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.
Townsend, Tennessee
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
Palm Springs, California
Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.
Palm Springs, California
Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.
Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.