Places moorejrjr Wants to Go

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

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

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

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Climb 200 stairs up the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast for an unbeatable view.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.