Places Shylaann Wants to Go

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

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

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

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

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

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

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

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.