Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.

This abandoned bunker looks out over the Atlantic from its clifftop perch.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

A tree seems to grow from the ocean floor on this strange strip of sand slowly being overtaken by the sea.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.