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

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

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.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

Webcam that broadcast the hatching of Bald Eagles to millions of viewers.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.