Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

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

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

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

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

Always a new use for this old building.

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

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

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

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

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

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

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