No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

Memorial to the first European to set foot on Maui.

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.

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

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Yo, Adrian!

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

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.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.