Places hopemch Wants to Go

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

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

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

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

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

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

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

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

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

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

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

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

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

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