Places hopemch Wants to Go

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

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

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

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

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

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

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

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.