Places Gravefog Wants to Go

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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 charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

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

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.