Places anjelkitty Wants to Go

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

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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

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

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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

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 stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

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

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

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

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

Massive crater in central Oregon.

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

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.