Places Qlyss Wants to Go

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.