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

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

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

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

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

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

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

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Lighthouse-cum-columbarium where "Nor'easters" and grandma go to die.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

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.