Places RouteDown Wants to Go

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

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

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

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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