Places claireromama Wants to Go

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

It's a memorial to the beloved, ugly carpet that adorned the Portland airport (PDX) for 30 years.

The largest mausoleum on the West Coast, with over seven miles of corridors, perched on a riverside bluff.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

A mile-long audio-guided walking tour preserves an iconic era of Portland soul music.

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

This funerary monument to the guillotined king and queen of France became a political lightning rod and a site of pilgrimage for French monarchists.

In 1838, 859 Potawatomi Indians were forcibly removed from their village to begin a grueling march to Kansas. This location marks the first death.

It is an old prison, lighthouse, and castle once used to guard the port in Havana, Cuba

A student art project turned into a neighborhood fixture in Toronto.

Named after one of Canada's greatest writers who lived out her days in this quaint neighborhood.

Lake within a lake.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.