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

Make it an offering.

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

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

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

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

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

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

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

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

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.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

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

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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.

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

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

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.