Places prairiequeer Wants to Go

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

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

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

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

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

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

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

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

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

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

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

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

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