Places nils Wants to Go

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

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Hike to the decaying remains of a dream house with a spectacular view.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

The first mountain submarine had its initial and last voyage in 1898.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

Colorado’s most beloved glacier is an imposter.