EcoEarth Globe at Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon (click here for more info)

Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon (click here for more info)

Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon (click here for more info)

This independent bookstore occupies an entire city block, it stocks more than a million books, and it is the largest bookstore in the world. Or at least they claim to be ...

Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon (click here for more info)

State Number 45: Oregon (click here for more info)

Waikiki Beach, Cape Disappointment State Park, Ilwaco, Washington - the Graveyard of the Pacific, where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean (click here for more info)

International Kite Festival in Long Beach, Washington - the world's longest beach (click here for more info)