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.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

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

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

Definitely not a clown bar.

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

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.