Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

Always a new use for this old building.

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

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.