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

A remote trail traverses the little-known Gearhart Mountains of southern Oregon.

The largest mausoleum on the West Coast, with over seven miles of corridors, perched on a riverside bluff.

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel sits as a beacon in the Columbia River Gorge and is also said to be haunted.

Stay in an old lookout cabin atop Oregon's spectacular Winter Ridge.

The ruins of a failed dam that was built over land later described as a "sponge."

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

These wave-cut overhangs on ancient Lake Chewaucan contain some of the oldest evidence of human habitation in North America.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.

An unfinished railroad project is now a hidden tunnel.

In the high desert east of Bend, the University of Oregon maintains a research observatory on a remote mountain peak.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

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

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.

Now a secluded county park, this site was once a "health tourism" destination for wealthy Oregonians.

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

In eastern Oregon, two mineral hot springs sit along the Malheur River in a fairly desolate area where peace and quiet are abound.

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

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

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs still net migrating salmon in the traditional way at this cataract on the Deschutes River.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.