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.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

The magic's in the hole!

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

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

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

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

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.

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

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

Make it an offering.

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

Massive crater in central Oregon.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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

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

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.