A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The magic's in the hole!

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

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

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.