Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

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

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

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

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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