Places Skurkey Wants to Go

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

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

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

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.