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

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

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

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

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

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

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

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

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

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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

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

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

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

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

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