Places SemiruralYeti Wants to Go

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

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

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

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

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

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

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

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.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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

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

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

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

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

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

Is this the most Portland place ever?

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