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A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

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

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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

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

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.