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

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

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

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

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.