It's a memorial to the beloved, ugly carpet that adorned the Portland airport (PDX) for 30 years.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

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

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

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

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

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'

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

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

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

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

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

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

Pay a visit to America's oldest yarn shop.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Mine your own precious stones.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.