Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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

The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

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

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

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

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

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.