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

Make it an offering.

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

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

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

One of two trees tied for the distinction of the largest western juniper in Oregon.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

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.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

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

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

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

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

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.