Places stevenschend Wants to Go

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

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

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

A mile-long audio-guided walking tour preserves an iconic era of Portland soul music.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

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

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Definitely not a clown bar.

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

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.