Places Edited by Sun

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A small town market proudly displays numerous taxidermied animals along its walls.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.