Places Psychomommy Wants to Go

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

An ideal location for plane spotting in British Columbia.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

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

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

A winding stairway to a secluded beach in a residential neighborhood.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.

A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

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.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

This small island has a dark past as a colony for Chinese lepers and a dropoff point for bootleggers.

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

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

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

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.