Places Robert Hemedes Wants to Go

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

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

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

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

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

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

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

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

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