This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Site of a tragedy on the Oregon Trail.

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

A circular two-story museum built completely by hand with 800 tons of rock.

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

The third tallest plunge fall in Oregon, worth visiting year-round.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

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