The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

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

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

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

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

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

This is one really big nut.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.