This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

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

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

The magic's in the hole!

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

A mass of iron named for the fire-dwelling mythological amphibian sits alongside the first west coast iron furnace.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.