Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

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

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

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

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

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

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

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