Places magruder Wants to Go

A meticulously restored Wichita home designed by the most renowned American architect of the 20th century.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.

A memorial to victims of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

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

Massive crater in central Oregon.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

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

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

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.

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

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.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

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

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

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.