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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

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

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

A mile-long audio-guided walking tour preserves an iconic era of Portland soul music.

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

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

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Definitely not a clown bar.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

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

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

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A tribute to a unique bike race that takes place every year.

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

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.