Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

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

The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

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

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.