This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Inside this casino, visitors are treated to slot machines and a rare German Christmas pyramid.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The magic's in the hole!

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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

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

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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.

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.