Places engelhardus Wants to Go

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

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

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

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

The third tallest plunge fall in Oregon, worth visiting year-round.

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

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Established to give visitors a taste of Lee County’s natural bounty, this shop offers fresh fruit, soft-serve ice cream, and preserves.

A telegraph station used to send information from Cuba to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.