Places ascoldashoth Wants to Go

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

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

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

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

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

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

Always a new use for this old building.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.