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

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

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

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.