The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

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.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

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.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.