An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

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

The magic's in the hole!

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.