Places k8bliz Wants to Go

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

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

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

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

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

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

A curious collection of locks and keys.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.