Places Janilee5 Wants to Go

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.

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

An early 20th-century fruit warehouse home of an artistic and cultural renaissance in northeastern Washington.

Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

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

This large artificial waterfall in Washington state was merely an incidental byproduct of a technological megaproject.

A small town market proudly displays numerous taxidermied animals along its walls.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

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

This unique library spans a mighty river.

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

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

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

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

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

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.