Places Jess Wants to Go

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

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

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

A tiny plaque hidden miles into the Washington wilderness is all that remains to honor a shipwreck that left 18 people dead.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

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

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

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 museum displaying an impressive collection of pre-contact Makah artifacts.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

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

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.