Places causeiwander Wants to Go

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

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

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

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

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

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.