Sandia Park, New Mexico
TinkerTown
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
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Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Prineville, Oregon
This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.
Portland, Oregon
A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.
Portland, Oregon
No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Portland, Oregon
Is this the most Portland place ever?
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
Redmond, Oregon
Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Culver, Oregon
Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.
Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Portland, Oregon
This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
Lake, Oregon
Massive crater in central Oregon.
Port Orford, Oregon
A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.