The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

An Egyptian-revival style film house in Boise, Idaho.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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