Places joeyp Wants to Go

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

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

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

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

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

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

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

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

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

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.