Nickname: The Beaver State

Capitol: Salem

There is no self-serve gasoline in the state. Every gas station employs gas pumpers who also wash your windows if they have time.

Nike Inc is based here. Their first shoe sole was formed by pouring synthetic rubber into a waffle iron, in 1971.

Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States, at more than 1,900 feet deep.

As well as being one of the best bicycling cities in America, Eugene was the first city to have one-way streets.