Places hlabo15 Wants to Go

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

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

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.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

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

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.