This site was a school and a center of Japanese-American life before internment.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

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

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

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

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

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

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.