Definitely not a clown bar.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

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

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

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

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

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.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

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

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

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.