Places Joe from Bellingham Wants to Go

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The window above the urinal in the men's restroom is a giant periscope that offers a panoramic view of Eagle Harbor.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

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

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.