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Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

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

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

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

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

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

A working ranch doubles as a sustainable hub for world-renowned classical music and large-scale sculptures.

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