Places SL Wants to Go

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

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

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

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

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

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

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

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

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

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

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

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

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

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