Places brockr Wants to Go

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

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

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.

An unusual entertainment complex full of up-cycled musical instruments.

A colorful mural decorates one of the city's oldest animal shelters.

This painting of a beloved dog will be on display at the Scottish National Gallery at long as the museum exists.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.