Places kimmberlybowen Wants to Go

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

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.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

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

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

A land of debatable treasure.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.