A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

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

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