Places SeeingCoolPlaces Wants to Go

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

After an Englishmen was killed by a samurai here in 1862, a two-day war changed the course of Japanese history.

Dominating the skyline of Kaliningrad, the iconic House of Soviets has always been abandoned.

The bright-orange, crane-shaped tower offers panoramic views and showcases the city’s maritime identity.

According to Japanese mythology, the first rice paddy in history was created here many aeons ago.

So opulent and massive it was once dubbed a palace, this hotel's doors closed temporarily in 2007 and failed to reopen.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

Site of a tragedy on the Oregon Trail.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

Only a few remaining items alert intrepid explorers that a town once stood in this region.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

A tiny plaque hidden miles into the Washington wilderness is all that remains to honor a shipwreck that left 18 people dead.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.