Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

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

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

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.

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

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

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

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.