Places educatorclaire Wants to Go

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.