Places clarochelle Wants to Go

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

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

Definitely not a clown bar.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

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

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

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

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

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.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.