A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A Community Cornerstone.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

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

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

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

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

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.

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

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.