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kcmick

I want to boldly go.... To seek out... The unusual, the otherworldly and the just plain odd. In my other life, I'm a wardrobe stylist. I own a veritable petting zoo chock full of animals including 2 emus, 3 alpacas and a potbelly pig.

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Places visited in Leavenworth, Washington

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Places visited in Clark County, Nevada

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Seattle, Washington

Denny Substation

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

tjmuehleman

Added by tjmuehleman

Seattle, Washington

J.P. Patches Statue

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

kjmoore12

Added by kjmoore12

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Bridge

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Seattle, Washington

Rubber Chicken Museum

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Seattle, Washington

Amazon Spheres

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Jake Uitti

Added by Jake Uitti

Seattle, Washington

Gas Works Park

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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Seattle, Washington

Fremont Troll

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Gold Bar, Washington

Espresso Chalet

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

Added by Gizmo Chaos

Monroe, Washington

Wayside Chapel

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

fuzzymonkey4231

Added by fuzzymonkey4231

Nevada Northern Railway Museum

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

Ornithomancer

Added by Ornithomancer

Moapa Valley, Nevada

Mouse's Tank

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Cathedral Gorge

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

slgwv

Metropolis Ghost Town

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

slgwv

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Chokoloskee, Florida

Ted Smallwood Store

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

St. Augustine, Florida

Castillo de San Marcos

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

linazeldovich

Added by linazeldovich

Philip, South Dakota

Minuteman Missile Visitor Center

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

Chamberlain, South Dakota

Dignity of Earth and Sky

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

Added by Cynthia Albers

Spearfish, South Dakota

Fish Car No. 3

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

Alex Mayyasi

Added by Alex Mayyasi

Wall, South Dakota

Delta-09 Minuteman Missile Site

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

rbt45769

Added by rbt45769

Seattle, Washington

Hammering Man

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Portland, Oregon

Portland Troll Bridge

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

North Bend, Washington

Snoqualmie Tunnel

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Added by JESilverstein

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Japanese American Exclusion Memorial

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

Jake Uitti

Added by Jake Uitti