Places andrewvolent Wants to Go

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

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

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

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

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

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

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

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.