Places clpartin Wants to Go

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.