Places Caroline Thrift Wants to Go

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

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

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.