Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

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

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

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.

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

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

The magic's in the hole!

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

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.