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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

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

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

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.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.