Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

A metal menagerie fills the yard of this museum and gallery, the work of Montana artist Bill Ohrmann.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

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

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

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

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

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.