Places akornblatt Wants to Go

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

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

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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 lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.