Places lessymac Wants to Go

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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!!

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

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