Places abirayner Wants to Go

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 eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

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

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

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

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

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.