Places SemiruralYeti Wants to Go

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

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

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

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

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

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

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

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.