Places nickblossom Wants to Go

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

Stop by to view a fleet of handmade kayaks, all modeled on traditional Arctic hunting vessels.

This hotel has hardly changed in over a century, like a time capsule of old Oregon.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

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

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

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