The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

Stop by to view a fleet of handmade kayaks, all modeled on traditional Arctic hunting vessels.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

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

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

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

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

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

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