This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.