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A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

The magic's in the hole!

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.