The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

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

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

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

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

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

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

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