These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

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

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

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

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

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

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

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

Lighthouse-cum-columbarium where "Nor'easters" and grandma go to die.

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

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.