Places Mama Shotts Wants to Go

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

Orcas on display and in the water.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.