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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

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

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

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

The first curved wooden bridge in Canada was built as part of the Alaska-Canada Highway.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

A wonderful museum on the site of the historic Black Bear Mine on the back of Red Mountain.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

Hidden within the waterfront hills resides this dilapidated military stronghold.

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.