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

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

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The magic's in the hole!

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

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

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.