World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

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.

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.