Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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

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

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

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

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

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

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

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

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

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

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

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

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

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

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

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.