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

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

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

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

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

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.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

Dozens of striking Indian symbols cover the second-floor hallways of this rural courthouse.

Home to several unusual artifacts, including a huge painting of George Washington.

This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.