Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.