Places Nodarpapaya Wants to Go

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

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

An ancient mineral hot spring sits at the middle of this combination cultural center and spa.

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.

This statue honors Marvin Klegman, a heroic child who died while saving another boy's life in a 1949 earthquake, and shares his long untold story.

Tucked away in Seward Park is Seattle’s only old-growth forest.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

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

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.