Places Nodarpapaya Wants to Go

Now a secluded county park, this site was once a "health tourism" destination for wealthy Oregonians.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

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

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.