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

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

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

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.