Places theoriginalbyoch Wants to Go

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

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

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

This hauntingly stark structure is a relic of an industrial past.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

An ideal location for plane spotting in British Columbia.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

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

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A desperate final message left by a POW on the run serves as a memorial for himself and the 97 that died with him.

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

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

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.