Places skylarkmatthews Wants to Go

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

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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