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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.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

The only house built with a turret, crenellations, and a moat in Palmer, Alaska.

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.