Places rubysage Wants to Go

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

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

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

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

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

Always a new use for this old building.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

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

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

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

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

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

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

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

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