A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

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

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

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

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

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

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.