The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel sits as a beacon in the Columbia River Gorge and is also said to be haunted.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

An office built to look like a giant basket.