Places Smurphinator Wants to Go

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

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

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

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

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

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

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

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

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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