Is this the most Portland place ever?

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.