This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The magic's in the hole!

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

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.

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

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.