Places lucasstrittmatter Wants to Go

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

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

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

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

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

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

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

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.