Places Andoran Gambler Wants to Go

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

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

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

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

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

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

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

Massive crater in central Oregon.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.