Places Amanda Wants to Go

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

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

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

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

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

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

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

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

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

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

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