Weird Oregon

In 1990, a massive religious etching mysteriously appeared in the Mickey Basin of Oregon's Alvord Desert. Officials suspected it took thousands of dollars and a lot of man power to complete along with high tech equipment and lasers. Other people, including professors, believed it to be the work of...

Thousands of years ago molten lava poured over a forest in central Oregon, surrounding the trees and then hardening. The lava burned through the wood and created these amazing lava casts which can still be seen today to remember the majestic forest that once stood here. You can walk an easy .9...

The nation's longest continuous stretch of asphalt starts in Newport, Oregon and ends 3,365 miles away in Boston, MA for one heck of a road trip. Stretching from the Pacific Ocean, US Route 20 extends through 12 states before nearly touching the shores of the Atlantic in Boston's Kenmore Square....

It's not the Blue Whale. In fact, it has a total weight of more than 20 Blue Whales, and here's a hint: Alice would be proud. Located in the Blue Mountains within the Malheur National Forest in Eastern Oregon, armillaria ostoyae is an enormous organism dubbed the "Humongous Fungus" by scientists....

Oregon is home to a host of magnificent museums, including OMSI, The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, the High Desert Museum, and the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Sometimes the best museums are the quirky lesser known ones that make people wonder, how did I not know about this place before? Here...