The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

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

Definitely not a clown bar.

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

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

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.