Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

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

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

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

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

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

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

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

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

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