Places hunsicker Wants to Go

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

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

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

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This memorial in the Adirondack wilderness honors the accidental death of a Scottish entrepreneur.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.