Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

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

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

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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