Places Just Pete Wants to Go

This is one really big nut.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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

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

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

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

Always a new use for this old building.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.