Definitely not a clown bar.

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

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

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

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

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

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

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

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

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

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.