This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

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

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

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