Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Where Nor'easters go to die.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

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.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

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.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.