Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

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

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

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

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.