Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

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

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.

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

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

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.