Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

Blaxhall's burgeoning boulder can't help putting on a few extra stones.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

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

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

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

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

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.