Places Welderup Wants to Go

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

A mesmerizing amount of crazy art is attached to the side of this house on Seattle's Phinney Ridge, bringing smiles to those who venture down the driveway to take a look.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

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

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

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

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

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.