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

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

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

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

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

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

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

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

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

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

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

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.

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

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

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

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.