Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

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

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

A geometric jumble of homes.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

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

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.