Places counts Wants to Go

One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

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

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

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

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

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

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.