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A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

The legacy of baseball great Roberto Clemente is preserved in a retired Pittsburgh fire station.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

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

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Hunting trophies decorate Oregon's most unique bar-restaurant.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.