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Portland, Oregon
Hippo Hardware
No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.
45.5226, -122.6548
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
45.5156, -122.6792
Portland, Oregon
Portland's Shanghai Tunnels
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
45.5240, -122.6734
Neah Bay, Washington
Cape Flattery
At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.
48.3840, -124.7155
La Push, Washington
Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
47.9173, -124.6394
Forks, Washington
Hall of Mosses
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
47.8721, -123.9293
Chicago, Illinois
Myopic Books
A Bibliophile's Dream.
41.9099, -87.6769
Chicago, Illinois
S.S. Eastland Memorial
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
41.8870, -87.6323
Chicago, Illinois
The Violet Hour
A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.
41.9089, -87.6774
Chicago, Illinois
International Museum of Surgical Science
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
41.9101, -87.6268
Mexico City, Mexico
Museo de Geología (Museum of the Institute of Geology)
The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.
19.4503, -99.1576
Mexico City, Mexico
Dulcería de Celaya
Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.
19.4341, -99.1367
Mexico City, Mexico
La Casa de los Azulejos
Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.
19.4343, -99.1402
Mexico City, Mexico
Plaza Santos Degollado
A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.
19.4332, -99.1436
San Francisco, California
Balmy Alley Murals
Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.
37.7508, -122.4123
San Francisco, California
Bohemian Club
Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.
37.7883, -122.4115
San Francisco, California
450 Sutter Street
Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.
37.7897, -122.4078
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Elk's Lodge #3
The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.
37.7884, -122.4094
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
37.8267, -122.4230
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Troll
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
47.6512, -122.3477
Seattle, Washington
Lenin Statue of Fremont
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
47.6515, -122.3513
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
37.3189, -121.9506
Vancouver, British Columbia
Gastown Steam Clock
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
49.2849, -123.1113
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Giants' on Granville Island Silos
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
49.2709, -123.1335
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