Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

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

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Amid the bustle of the Pike Place Market is a poem by famed Japanese poet Narihira.

Tucked away in Seward Park is Seattle’s only old-growth forest.

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.