The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

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

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

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.