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

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

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

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

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

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

The magic's in the hole!

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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.

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.