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

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

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

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

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

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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.

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

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

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.