The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.