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

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

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

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

The magic's in the hole!

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

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

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.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.