Places inlandempirical Wants to Go

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

Once part of a chain of over 80 restaurants that merged with another Mexican-American chain, it has been reborn in one of its original locations.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

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

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

A mesmerizing amount of crazy art is attached to the side of this house on Seattle's Phinney Ridge, bringing smiles to those who venture down the driveway to take a look.

Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.