Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

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

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

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

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

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

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

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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