Places skoenlaper Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

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

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

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

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

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

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

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.