This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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

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

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

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

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.