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

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

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

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

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

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

The magic's in the hole!

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.