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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.