Places elfandhobbit Wants to Go

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.