Places Rebecca Ro Wants to Go

Is this the most Portland place ever?

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

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

Massive crater in central Oregon.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

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

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

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