Places Keren Lynn Wants to Go

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

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

Sasqu(w)atch out!

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.