This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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.

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

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.