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

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

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

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

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

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

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

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

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

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

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

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