Oregon

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

Home to the largest captive population of adult sloths in the world.

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

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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

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

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

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

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

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

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

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

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.