Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Make it an offering.

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

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

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

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.