Places Muffins Wants to Go

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.