Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

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

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

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

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

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

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

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Secret Swing.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.