Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

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

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

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

Massive crater in central Oregon.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"