Places halfLight7 Wants to Go

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

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

Massive crater in central Oregon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

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

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.