An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The "Grand Canyon of Southwestern Idaho" makes a spectacular gash across the flat Snake River plain.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

Orcas on display and in the water.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

A remote trail traverses the little-known Gearhart Mountains of southern Oregon.

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

Stay in an old lookout cabin atop Oregon's spectacular Winter Ridge.