Naalehu, Hawaii
Ka Lae
The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Seattle, Washington
Fort Lawton
This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.
Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Des Moines, Washington
Landmark on the Sound
A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.
Federal Way, Washington
Pacific Bonsai Museum
A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.
Olympia, Washington
Mima Mounds
Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.
Permanently Closed
Chehalis, Washington
Yard Birds Mall
A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.
Permanently Closed
Toledo, Washington
Gospodor Monument Park
These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.
Longview, Washington
Nutty Narrows Bridge
This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.
Astoria, Oregon
The Astoria Column
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Warrenton, Oregon
The Wreck of the Peter Iredale
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Elma, Washington
Satsop Nuclear Power Plant
From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.
Aberdeen, Washington
Kurt Cobain Memorial Park
A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.
Forks, Washington
Second Beach
A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
Neah Bay, Washington
Cape Flattery
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.
Old Town, Washington
Dungeness Spit
The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Port Townsend, Washington
Fort Worden Artillery Battery
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
Poulsbo, Washington
'Little Norway on the Fjord'
The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.
Port Orchard, Washington
Elandan Gardens
Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.
Tacoma, Washington
Bob's Java Jive
Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.
Tacoma, Washington
Brown & Haley Factory Store
This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.
Tacoma, Washington
Bridge of Glass
A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma Union Station
Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.
