Places hieromech Wants to Go

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.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

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

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

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

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

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

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

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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

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

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.