Places grimmdrewit Wants to Go

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Mine your own precious stones.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

An isolated, relict ponderosa pine forest in central Oregon that survives on half the usual rainfall due to a geologic quirk

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

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.

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

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

An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

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