Places Lindsantiago Wants to Go

Part research station, part time capsule, part aquatic fever dream.

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.

Thousands of signed dollar bills turn a simple tavern into a living record of travelers’ comings and goings.

A time capsule of life in Southern Florida in the 1930s.

Deep in the Richloam wilderness, a century-old country store is stocked with plenty of stories.

A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.

A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.

A Gilded Age hotel turned eclectic museum of Tiffany glass and curiosities

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

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

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

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

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

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

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

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

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

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

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

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

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

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

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