An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.