This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

A pair of giant stone heads represent the ancient Roman saints beheaded here.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.