Seattle, Washington
Lenin Statue of Fremont
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Seattle, Washington
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Seattle, Washington
Fort Lawton
This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.
Leavenworth, Washington
Wellington Avalanche Site
Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.
Granite Falls, Washington
Big Four Ice Caves
Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.
Olympia, Washington
Mima Mounds
Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.
Seattle, Washington
Bettie Page House
What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's Giant Sequoia Tree
This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.
Leavenworth, Washington
Iron Goat Trail
The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.
Granite Falls, Washington
Lime Kiln Trail
Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.
Seattle, Washington
Scarecrow Video
Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.
Leavenworth, Washington
Leavenworth's Bavarian Village
One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Bridge
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
Seattle, Washington
The Wall of Death
A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.
La Push, Washington
Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
Rockport, Washington
Ladder Creek Falls and Gardens
The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.
Seattle, Washington
Freeway Park
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Seattle, Washington
Lake View Cemetery
A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.
Friday Harbor, Washington
Afterglow Vista
This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.
Seattle, Washington
Gum Wall
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
Union Station
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Forks, Washington
One Square Inch of Silence
A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.
Seattle, Washington
Seattle Pinball Museum
Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.
