Places akornblatt Wants to Go

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

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

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.