Places santasarmy Wants to Go

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

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.