A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

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

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

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

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

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

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

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

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

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

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.

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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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