Places pamelajoon Wants to Go

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

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.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

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

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

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

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

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

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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

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