Places mpm5785 Wants to Go

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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 delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

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

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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