Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

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

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

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

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

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.

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

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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.

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

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.