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

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.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.