Places Vic Tanner Wants to Go

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

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

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A diorama lover's dream world.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

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

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

This small museum is dedicated to one of the most influential, yet obscure, jazz legends of Prohibition.