Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

A mile-long audio-guided walking tour preserves an iconic era of Portland soul music.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

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

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

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

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

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

Stop by to view a fleet of handmade kayaks, all modeled on traditional Arctic hunting vessels.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

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

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

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

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

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

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.