Places ashleymlawrence Wants to Go

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Hunting trophies decorate Oregon's most unique bar-restaurant.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses.

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

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

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

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

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

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

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

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

The third tallest plunge fall in Oregon, worth visiting year-round.

The largest mausoleum on the West Coast, with over seven miles of corridors, perched on a riverside bluff.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel sits as a beacon in the Columbia River Gorge and is also said to be haunted.

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

A remote trail traverses the little-known Gearhart Mountains of southern Oregon.

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

Stay in an old lookout cabin atop Oregon's spectacular Winter Ridge.

An unfinished railroad project is now a hidden tunnel.