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.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

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

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

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

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

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

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

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

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.