Places elizalindley Wants to Go

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

Site of a tragedy on the Oregon Trail.

One of the northernmost occurrences of western juniper can be found in the sand dunes of Washington's Palouse.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

The sail of the first nuclear sub to circumnavigate the world.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

One of two observatories in the U.S. that routinely detect gravitational waves.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

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

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

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

A large, historic railroad trestle over the Columbia River is now open for non-motorized traffic.

A former railroad trestle over Interstate 90 has been refurbished for non-motorized traffic on the Palouse to Cascades trail.

The last surviving footbridge in the Yakima Canyon, now a historic landmark, provides access to wilderness west of the Yakima River

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

A startling waterfall, not far from a roadside viewpoint.

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.