Portland, Oregon
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Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.
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Portland, Oregon
Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
Portland, Oregon
Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Baltimore, Maryland
A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.
Halifax, England
This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).
Washington, D.C.
Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.
Baltimore, Maryland
The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.
Baltimore, Maryland
A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.
Baltimore, Maryland
This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.
Baltimore, Maryland
One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.
Baltimore, Maryland
The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Baltimore, Maryland
This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."
Baltimore, Maryland
The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Baltimore, Maryland
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.