Places chickadonzk Wants to Go

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

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

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

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.