While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

The magic's in the hole!

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.