Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

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

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

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

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.