Places JackalopeTamer Wants to Go

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The magic's in the hole!

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

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

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

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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

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

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

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

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.