Places alisam9 Wants to Go

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

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

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.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

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

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

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