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.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

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

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

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

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?

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

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

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