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

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

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

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

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

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

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

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

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

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.