Places Debby Morris Wants to Go

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

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

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

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

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

An early 20th-century fruit warehouse home of an artistic and cultural renaissance in northeastern Washington.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.