Places j3taylor Wants to Go

Definitely not a clown bar.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

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

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

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

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

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.