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

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

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

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The magic's in the hole!

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

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

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

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

Art and a pun, all in one.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.