Places aeubanks Wants to Go

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

Metal monsters made from repurposed materials lurk alongside this Pennsylvania road.

This house covered in small stones was the work of one man over the course of nearly 30 years.

A family of fiberglass giants.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.