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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

The magic's in the hole!

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.