Places lisalaneland Wants to Go

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

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

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

This small, independent museum documents the unique culture of Deaf people in the United States.

Hundreds of samples of "Devil's Rope" hide in a defunct vintage elevator.

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

Built in 1869, this one-room rural schoolhouse welcomes visitors to travel back to 1904 school day.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

The former headquarters for Whitey Bulger and the notorious Winter Hill Gang.

The only building in the western U.S. designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

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.

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

A mass of iron named for the fire-dwelling mythological amphibian sits alongside the first west coast iron furnace.

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

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

The third tallest plunge fall in Oregon, worth visiting year-round.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.