Places ashleymlawrence Wants to Go

This hotel has hardly changed in over a century, like a time capsule of old Oregon.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

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

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

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

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.