Places allykmata Wants to Go

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

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

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

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

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

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

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

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

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."