Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

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

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.