Legendary DIY skatepark where Portland’s best skaters and curious onlookers gather daily.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

Comprised of Spanish war cannons, this sculpture once graced the bow of a WWI warship.

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

Built in 1933, this unique ballroom is nicknamed the "floating dance floor."

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.