Places Riki Wants to Go

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

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

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

A unique sculpture garden nestled among farm fields.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

This haunted corpse of a drive-in is now a graffiti-covered ruin.

The falls were named for the mistaken idea that they were the ones pictured on the Canadian $5 bill.

This abandoned orphanage-turned-asylum witnessed a terrible chapter in Québec's history.

The remains of the worst military aviation accident in Canada's history.

Despite its name this unique art piece was established to commemorate a tragic flood.

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.

Artistic cabins actually grow deep in the Canadian wilderness.