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

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

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

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

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

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

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

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

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

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.