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

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

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

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

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

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

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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

The magic's in the hole!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

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

An underwater city for the dead.

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