Portland, Oregon
Transcendence
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Yucca, Arizona
This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.
East Cleveland, Ohio
This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.
Portland, Oregon
Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.
Jerome, Arizona
Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.
Monticello, Utah
This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.
West Hollywood, California
Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.
Washoe County, Nevada
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
Shingleton, Michigan
This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.
North Saanich, British Columbia
By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.
Port Renfrew, British Columbia
This patch of old-growth forest is home to Canada's gnarliest tree.
Sooke, British Columbia
A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.
Port Renfrew, British Columbia
Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.
Jarbidge, Nevada
One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.
Glover, Vermont
This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.
Fackler, Alabama
This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Portland, Oregon
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.