Places Muffins Wants to Go

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

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

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

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

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

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

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.