Places Sporadicus Wants to Go

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

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

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

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

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

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.