Places N2ak Wants to Go

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

An Egyptian-revival style film house in Boise, Idaho.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.

The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

Make it an offering.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

Population: 1.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.