Places jalilajohnson Wants to Go

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

The oldest remaining building in Tacoma was once the home of the "oldest bell tower" in America.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

The largest non-native tree in Washington

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

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

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

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

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

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.