Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

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

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

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.