Portland, Oregon
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Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.
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Portland, Oregon
Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.
Portland, Oregon
On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Portland, Oregon
This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Portland, Oregon
Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.
Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Seattle, Washington
Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.
Portland, Oregon
This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.
Portland, Oregon
One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.