Places CascadiaMike Wants to Go

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.