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

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

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

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

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

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

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of 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 wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

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

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

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.