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

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

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.