Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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

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

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

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

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

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

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

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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.