A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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

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

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

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

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.