At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

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

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

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

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

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.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

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

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

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

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