A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

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

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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

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

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

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

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

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

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

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

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

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

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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