The once-a-day siren is a reminder of the days before time was standardized.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

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

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.