Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

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.

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

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

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.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.