Places Eyeofswazey Wants to Go

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.