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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

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

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

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

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

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.