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

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

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

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

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

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

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

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

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.