Places Jessfrawg Wants to Go

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

Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.

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

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

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

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

Stop by to view a fleet of handmade kayaks, all modeled on traditional Arctic hunting vessels.

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

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

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

A representation of the region's rich agrarian history.

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

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

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.