A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.