Portland, Oregon
Vaux's Swifts at Chapman School
Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.
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Portland, Oregon
Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.
Portland, Oregon
One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Portland, Oregon
Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.
Portland, Oregon
This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Stevenson, Washington
An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.
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.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Goldfield, Nevada
Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Panaca, Nevada
Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.
Panaca, Nevada
Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.
Caliente, Nevada
The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.