Bend, Oregon
Bend Blockbuster Video
The world's last remaining store of its kind.
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Bend, Oregon
The world's last remaining store of its kind.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Lake, Oregon
Massive crater in central Oregon.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
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
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Little Rock, Arkansas
A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.
Price, Utah
The natural history of Utah is on full display inside this museum.
Gateway, Colorado
Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.
Bedrock, Colorado
A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.
Gypsum, Colorado
Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.
Creede, Colorado
Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.
Penrose, Colorado
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Denver, Colorado
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
Bailey, Colorado
A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.
Pueblo, Colorado
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.