Places thepencilburner Wants to Go

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

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

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

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

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

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

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

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

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.