Places grantavery Wants to Go

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

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

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

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

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