Places colins Wants to Go

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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

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

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

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

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.