Places Kara Davis Wants to Go

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

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

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

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

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.