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Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

This is an amazing but little known tile mosaic mural that used to grace the lobby of an office building in 1958, but now can only be seen from the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

A tribute to a unique bike race that takes place every year.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

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

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.