Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

One of the oldest of its kind.