Places micheleshreeve Wants to Go

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

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

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

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 wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

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

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

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

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

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

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

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

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

A circular two-story museum built completely by hand with 800 tons of rock.

This statue of a Native American figure forlornly looking at the passing of a way life has been on the move.

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.