Places landon1850 Wants to Go

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

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

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

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

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

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

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

The spur that wouldn’t die.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

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

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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

Always a new use for this old building.