Places crabbyapples Wants to Go

A collection of Inukshuks built and left by several hikers.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

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.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

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

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses.

This small island has a dark past as a colony for Chinese lepers and a dropoff point for bootleggers.

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

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

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

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

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A tiny plaque hidden miles into the Washington wilderness is all that remains to honor a shipwreck that left 18 people dead.