Places mojavenc Wants to Go

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

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

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.