This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

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

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.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

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

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