Places kerriolschner Wants to Go

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

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

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

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

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.