Places tsshrooms Wants to Go

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.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This large artificial waterfall in Washington state was merely an incidental byproduct of a technological megaproject.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

A heartfelt tribute to all of the victims of one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.