Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

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

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

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

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

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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