Places DBWeller Wants to Go

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

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

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

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

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

This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

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

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

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

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

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

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

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

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

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

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.