The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

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

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.