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This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

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

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

This garden is very fertile.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.