Places SingingMouse Wants to Go

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

A former watering trough turned local heritage site.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

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

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

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

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.