Places plm Wants to Go

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.