Places Elizabeth Gartley Wants to Go

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

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

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

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.