On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

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

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

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

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.