This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

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

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

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

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

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

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

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

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

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

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