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Reykjavik, Iceland
Harpa
This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.
64.1503, -21.9325
Portland, Oregon
24 Hour Church of Elvis
The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!
45.5267, -122.6881
Portland, Oregon
Hollywood Theater
At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.
45.5892, -122.5935
Portland, Oregon
Huber’s
The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.
45.5201, -122.6747
Portland, Oregon
Hollywood Theatre
This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
45.5356, -122.6207
Portland, Oregon
USS Blueback
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
45.5079, -122.6669
Portland, Oregon
Hippo Hardware
No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.
45.5226, -122.6548
Portland, Oregon
Vaux's Swifts at Chapman School
Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.
45.5332, -122.7059
Portland, Oregon
Pittock Mansion
This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
45.5252, -122.7163
Portland, Oregon
Weather Machine
This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.
45.5189, -122.6793
Portland, Oregon
Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
45.5402, -122.6302
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
45.5156, -122.6792
Portland, Oregon
Portland Horse Rings
Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.
45.5251, -122.6822
Portland, Oregon
Paul Bunyan Statue
This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
45.5838, -122.6866
Portland, Oregon
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.
45.4799, -122.6355
Portland, Oregon
International Rose Test Garden
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
45.5191, -122.7054
Portland, Oregon
Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel
The magic's in the hole!
45.5227, -122.6732
Portland, Oregon
Cathedral Park
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
45.5886, -122.7580
Portland, Oregon
The Grotto
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
45.5533, -122.5736
Portland, Oregon
The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
45.5355, -122.6974
Portland, Oregon
Portland's Shanghai Tunnels
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
45.5240, -122.6734
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