Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

Home of the "true" equator.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

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

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

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

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

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

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

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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