Places sarahltait Wants to Go

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

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

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

Always a new use for this old building.