A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

The magic's in the hole!

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

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

A tribute to a unique bike race that takes place every year.

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

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.