Places burnsidebrian Wants to Go

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

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

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.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

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

A diorama lover's dream world.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Burial mounds of prehistoric Native Americans who lived along the DuPage River.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

The largest mausoleum on the West Coast, with over seven miles of corridors, perched on a riverside bluff.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.