Places emilydmonson Wants to Go

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

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

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

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

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.