This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

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.

The magic's in the hole!

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

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

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.