Places wheninroam Wants to Go

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

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

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The magic's in the hole!

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.