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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.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

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

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

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

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.

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

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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

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

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

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

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.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

A roadside attraction fit for a giant.

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.