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

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

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

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

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

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

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

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

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

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

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