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The Flintstone House

Hillsborough, California

The Flintstone House

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Boutique below and legs above

San Francisco, California

Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Church of 8 Wheels.

San Francisco, California

Church of 8 Wheels

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace.

Pioneertown, California

Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

House of Air

San Francisco, California

House of Air

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

Exterior of Casa Diablo

Portland, Oregon

Casa Diablo Vegan Strip Club

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Mill Ends Park

Portland, Oregon

Mill Ends Park

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Oregon City Municipal Elevator 1940's (photo from Oregon City website)

Oregon City, Oregon

Oregon City Municipal Elevator

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

Entrance sign. (Wikimedia Commons)

Mount Angel, Oregon

Mount Angel Abbey Museum

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

The balancing rocks.

Culver, Oregon

Metolius Balancing Rocks

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

Foulweather Lookout

Depoe Bay, Oregon

Cape Foulweather

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

More of Oliver's sea-borne sculptures

Berkeley, California

Mark Olivier's Yard Art

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

The Alibi Clock

Vallejo, California

The Alibi Clock

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

Monument to poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Oakland, California

Joaquin Miller Monuments

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Abandoned statues on the garden grounds

Glendale, California

Rockhaven Sanitarium

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A crocodile sunning.

Monroe, Washington

Reptile Zoo

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

Laura Palmer's House.

Everett, Washington

Laura Palmer's House

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

Goonie Trails

Astoria, Oregon

Goonie Trails

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Peter Iredale

Warrenton, Oregon

The Wreck of the Peter Iredale

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A view of Crescent Beach from Ecola Point.

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Crescent Beach

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The last Blockbuster.

Bend, Oregon

Bend Blockbuster Video

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Rajneesh Invasion Plaque

Antelope, Oregon

Rajneesh Invasion Plaque

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The one-room schoolhouse in Friend.

Dufur, Oregon

Friend Ghost Town

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Mount Hood

Government Camp, Oregon

Mount Hood

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

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