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

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

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

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

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.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.

This neighborhood was built in the golden age of Art-Decó, and its buildings are essential to understanding this style

The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.

This disused railway station is a beautiful lost place with a Victorian foot bridge and some graffiti.

Scenic semi-abandoned bridge with easy access

The biggest mirror ball in the world

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

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

A monument to a beloved aquatic folk hero in the Irish town of Dingle.

Three wooden middle fingers raised in protest.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!