Places Stradius Wants to Go

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

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

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

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

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

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

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