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

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

A mile-long audio-guided walking tour preserves an iconic era of Portland soul music.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.