Places jacksonhotaling Wants to Go

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

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

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

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

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.

The magic's in the hole!

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

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.