A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

This hotel has hardly changed in over a century, like a time capsule of old Oregon.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

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

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

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

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