Places ashleymmoodie Wants to Go

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

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

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

A mesmerizing amount of crazy art is attached to the side of this house on Seattle's Phinney Ridge, bringing smiles to those who venture down the driveway to take a look.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.