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

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

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

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

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

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.