Sisters, Oregon
Lost Lake
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
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Sisters, Oregon
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Mitchell, Oregon
Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Spokane, Washington
Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.
Forks, Washington
This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.
Anacortes, Washington
This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.
Touchet, Washington
Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
Cougar, Washington
This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.
Forks, Washington
A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
La Push, Washington
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Murphy, Idaho
Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.
Nampa, Idaho
A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
Coolin, Idaho
Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.
Boise, Idaho
These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Lincoln, Montana
A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.
Glendive, Montana
The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.