With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

This spectacular fault escarpment, a popular hang-glider launch point, extends some 30 miles long and towers about 2,500 feet over the valley floors to the west.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.

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

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

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

The world's last remaining store of its kind.