Portland, Oregon
Transcendence
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
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Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Portland, Oregon
Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.
Portland, Oregon
On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Oregon City, Oregon
The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Portland, Oregon
Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Portland, Oregon
This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Portland, Oregon
A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.
Portland, Oregon
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!!
Seattle, Washington
Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.
Seattle, Washington
A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
Seattle, Washington
An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.
Seattle, Washington
These split boulders mark equinoxes and solstices along the Seattle skyline.
Washington
A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.
Gold Bar, Washington
A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.
Twisp, Washington
Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.
Old Town, Washington
The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.
Burlington, Washington
A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.