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This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

In the high desert east of Bend, the University of Oregon maintains a research observatory on a remote mountain peak.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

The third tallest plunge fall in Oregon, worth visiting year-round.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

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

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

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

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

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

These wave-cut overhangs on ancient Lake Chewaucan contain some of the oldest evidence of human habitation in North America.

A remote trail traverses the little-known Gearhart Mountains of southern Oregon.

In eastern Oregon, two mineral hot springs sit along the Malheur River in a fairly desolate area where peace and quiet are abound.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

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

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.