Places lorenpringle Wants to Go

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.

This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.

The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.

Legend says that Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife, leaving behind this round valley.

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

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

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

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

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

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