Places rvw1997 Wants to Go

This Old Town cabin tells the story of Tacoma's settlement through a replica of its first non-Native building.

A large wind turbine installation in central Washington State is home to an extensive set of interpretive exhibits.

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

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

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

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

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.