Places ellecagey Wants to Go

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

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

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.