A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

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

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.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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!!

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

The magic's in the hole!

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

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.