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.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

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

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

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

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

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

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

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.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

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

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

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

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

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

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

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

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

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

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

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.