The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

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

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

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

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

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

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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

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

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.