Places hopemch Wants to Go

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

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.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

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

The magic's in the hole!

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.