Places MarilynR Wants to Go

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

Definitely not a clown bar.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.