Places Kanashii Wants to Go

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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

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

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

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

See the sky in a new way through this art installation.

A beautifully restored 19th-century house that’s possibly haunted.

At a site that has witnessed many significant events, according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, it is best known as the place of lunar discovery.

These springs were once the source of a tourism boom to Sulphur Springs.

The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

One of the oldest show caves in Arkansas.

Art blooms at this unique outdoor gallery along the banks of the Arkansas River.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.

There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.