This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The magic's in the hole!

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

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

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

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

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

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

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.

Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

Aliens and monsters lurk inside this museum dedicated to one man's lifelong adoration of all things sci-fi.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.