A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

The largest non-native tree in Washington

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.