Places nils Wants to Go

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Plaque commemorating the location of a underground nuclear bomb test in the 1970s.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.

This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.

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.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

The largest mausoleum on the West Coast, with over seven miles of corridors, perched on a riverside bluff.

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

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

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

A mass of iron named for the fire-dwelling mythological amphibian sits alongside the first west coast iron furnace.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

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

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.