At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

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

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

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

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

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

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.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

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.

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

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.