Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

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

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.