Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

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

Giant quails play and greet visitors at a suburban park.

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

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

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

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Hikers and walkers flock to this historic volcanic butte for its scenic desert views.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

A visualization of three catastrophic floods that led to the creation of the famed Flood Wall.

Home to a collection of artifacts and specimens from one of the world's preeminent geologists

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.