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

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.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

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

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.