Places Nodarpapaya Wants to Go

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

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

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

A circular two-story museum built completely by hand with 800 tons of rock.

A whimsical display of massive metal sculptures made from recycled materials.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

An installation tells of the horrific 1964 tsunami that devastated Crescent City, California.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

Founded in 1933, this creamery has produced world-class cheeses and was the first American creamery to win a world champion title at the World Cheese Awards.

An unfinished railroad project is now a hidden tunnel.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.