Places ANeon Wants to Go

This landmark vessel dry-berthed in Tacoma's harbor served in emergencies and ceremonies for more than 50 years.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

This site was a school and a center of Japanese-American life before internment.

This statue honors Marvin Klegman, a heroic child who died while saving another boy's life in a 1949 earthquake, and shares his long untold story.

A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.

This Old Town cabin tells the story of Tacoma's settlement through a replica of its first non-Native building.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

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

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

This pop-culture shop also offers the chance to become part of their favorite tv show or movie.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

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