Places Qlyss Wants to Go

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

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

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.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.