At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

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

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

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

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

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.

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

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

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

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

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

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

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

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

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.