Places heatherrowephr Wants to Go

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Legendary DIY skatepark where Portland’s best skaters and curious onlookers gather daily.

Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

Stay in an old lookout cabin atop Oregon's spectacular Winter Ridge.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

Now a secluded county park, this site was once a "health tourism" destination for wealthy Oregonians.

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

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

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

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

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.