The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

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

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.