The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

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

The magic's in the hole!

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.