Places ashleymlawrence Wants to Go

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

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

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

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

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

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

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."

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Definitely not a clown bar.