A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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

Massive crater in central Oregon.

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

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

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

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.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

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

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

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

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.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.