The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

A circular two-story museum built completely by hand with 800 tons of rock.

Now a secluded county park, this site was once a "health tourism" destination for wealthy Oregonians.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

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

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

The only building in the western U.S. designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

One of the world's smallest city parks is only 12 by 20 feet.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.