A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

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.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The only building in the western U.S. designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

The third tallest plunge fall in Oregon, worth visiting year-round.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.