Places kelseycoolahan Wants to Go

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

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

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

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

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.