Places RachelM Wants to Go

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

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

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

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."