Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

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

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

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

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

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

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

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

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

A historic hotel library in Indiana hides more than a few secrets on its shelves.

This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.

A long-closed church turned into a saintly skate park.

The remnants of a WWI naval mine that once terrorized the country now decorates a street.

This vast World War II defense line was the site of a fierce battle.

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.

A relic of the old jail still stands in its original location.