This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.