Places irenel Wants to Go

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

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

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

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

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

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

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

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

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

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

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

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.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.