Places tallackel Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

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

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

The magic's in the hole!

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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

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

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."