Places brookesheree Wants to Go

Tour the oldest family-owned cigar-rolling factory in the country—then learn how to roll your own.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

The history and future of cannabis.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.