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

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

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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.

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

The magic's in the hole!

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

The only building in the western U.S. designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

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

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

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.