Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

The magic's in the hole!

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.