Places Stefan Kowasch Wants to Go

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

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

This hotel has hardly changed in over a century, like a time capsule of old Oregon.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

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

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

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

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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