A giant hilltop cross marks the location of a sanctuary with stunning views of Acapulco.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

This spectacular fault escarpment, a popular hang-glider launch point, extends some 30 miles long and towers about 2,500 feet over the valley floors to the west.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

Massive crater in central Oregon.