Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

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

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

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

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.