A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The magic's in the hole!

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Is this the most Portland place ever?