A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Along with used instruments, this pawn shop has pieces of music history on display.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

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!!

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Definitely not a clown bar.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

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