Places thedaddyofboom Wants to Go

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

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

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

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.