Portland, Oregon
Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
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Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Portland, Oregon
Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.
Portland, Oregon
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
Portland, Oregon
A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Portland, Oregon
This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Vancouver, Washington
The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.
Portland, Oregon
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
Portland, Oregon
This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
Portland, Oregon
One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.
Portland, Oregon
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
Brooklyn, New York
A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.
Trenton, New Jersey
This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Edison, New Jersey
A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.
Denver, Colorado
A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.
Powell, Wyoming
An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.
Campbell, Ohio
There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.
Jersey City, New Jersey
On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
Jersey City, New Jersey
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.