Places shbtlr Wants to Go

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

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

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

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

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

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

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

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

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

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

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

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

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

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.