Tualatin, Oregon
Ice Age Floods display at Tualatin Public Library
A public library display of fossils from the ice age.
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Tualatin, Oregon
A public library display of fossils from the ice age.
Troutdale, Oregon
This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.
Portland, Oregon
One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.
Portland, Oregon
Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.
Portland, Oregon
The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.
Montreal, Québec
Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Seaside, Oregon
Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Sisters, Oregon
A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.
Redmond, Oregon
A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.
Redmond, Oregon
Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.
Depoe Bay, Oregon
The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.
Tacoma, Washington
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
Seattle, Washington
Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Seattle, Washington
Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.