Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.