Long Beach, Washington
Marsh's Free Museum
Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.
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Long Beach, Washington
Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.
Quincy, Washington
This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Richland, Washington
A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Cave Junction, Oregon
Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.
Prosser, Washington
The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.
Nehalem, Oregon
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."
Macdoel, California
This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.
Ariel, Washington
An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Klamath Falls, Oregon
This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.
John Day, Oregon
This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.
Vancouver, Washington
A library of only unpublished manuscripts.
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Portland, Oregon
The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Oregon City, Oregon
Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.
Oregon City, Oregon
This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.
Klamath County, Oregon
The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.
Estacada, Oregon
A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.
Salem, Oregon
An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.
Pattaya, Thailand
Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.
Tambon Phai Cham Sin, Thailand
The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.