This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

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

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

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

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

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

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

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

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

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

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

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

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

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

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.