Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

Along with used instruments, this pawn shop has pieces of music history on display.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.

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

This unique library spans a mighty river.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

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

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

Celebrate Earth Day with a menagerie of vibrant, artistic animal costumes.

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