More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

A monument dedicated to three unlikely visitors to North America.