Yachats, Oregon
Bazalgette the Whale
There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.
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Yachats, Oregon
There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.
Mitchell, Oregon
Make it an offering.
Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
John Day, Oregon
This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Mitchell, Oregon
Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Longville, Minnesota
Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.
Duluth, Minnesota
This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.
Tower, Minnesota
Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Duluth, Minnesota
This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.
Darwin, Minnesota
17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.