"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.