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You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

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

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

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

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

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

The magic's in the hole!

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.