Places j3taylor Wants to Go

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Dedicated to the works of the legendary special effects artist.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

A public library display of fossils from the ice age.

Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.

These structures serve as a memorial to one of Boston’s most ambitious and controversial urban redevelopment projects.

A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Engraved in stone here are the signatures of everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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