The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

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

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

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

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

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

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

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

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