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Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A tribute to a unique bike race that takes place every year.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

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

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.