Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

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

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

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

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

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

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

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

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.