Places claireromama Wants to Go

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

The fifth geographically in a series of twelve statues commemorating westward expansion in the United States.

Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.

Carved scenes of sex work and unglamorous labour beneath a cultural hero.

Definitely not a clown bar.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

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.

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

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

A monument dedicated to three unlikely visitors to North America.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.