Places Irongoddess Wants to Go

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.

Sharing the often-overlooked story of America's Black soldiers.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.