Places Mama Shotts Wants to Go

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.

Hidden behind an empty field resides this early 19th-century cemetery.

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

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

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

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

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

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

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

This large artificial waterfall in Washington state was merely an incidental byproduct of a technological megaproject.