Places Gillian Wants to Go

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

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.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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

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

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

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

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

Where Nor'easters go to die.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.