Places conordgallagher Wants to Go

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

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

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

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

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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

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.

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

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

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

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

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

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.