Vancouver, Washington
The Brautigan Library
A library of only unpublished manuscripts.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Ariel, Washington
D.B. Cooper Day at the Ariel General Store & Tavern
An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.
Seattle, Washington
Bergen Place Park and Mural
A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.
Bellingham, Washington
SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention
An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.
Poulsbo, Washington
'Little Norway on the Fjord'
The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.
Seattle, Washington
East Kong Yick Building at the Wing Luke Museum
A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.
Monroe, Washington
Wayside Chapel
The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.
Seattle, Washington
The Bullitt Center
This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
The Labyrinth Mosaic and Halls Hill Lookout
Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.
Seattle, Washington
The Louisa Hotel
Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.
Friday Harbor, Washington
Whale Museum
Orcas on display and in the water.
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Seattle, Washington
Museum of Museums
This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.
Ellensburg, Washington
Dick and Jane's Spot
An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.
Seattle, Washington
The Sloop Tavern
A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.
Copalis Crossing, Washington
Ghost Forest of Copalis
This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.
Colfax, Washington
St. Ignatius Hospital
An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.
Federal Way, Washington
Pacific Bonsai Museum
A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.
Walla Walla, Washington
Museum of Un-Natural History
"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."
Seattle, Washington
Lenin Statue of Fremont
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Vashon, Washington
Fence of Doors
Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.
Tacoma, Washington
Sanford & Son Antiques
This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."
Forks, Washington
John's Beachcombing Museum
One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.
Long Beach, Washington
Marsh's Free Museum
Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.
