Places rickybowen68 Wants to Go

Where Nor'easters go to die.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

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

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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

Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.

This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.

This ancient Roman arch misled treasure hunters for centuries.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.