A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

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

Definitely not a clown bar.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

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

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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.