A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

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

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

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

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