Places zee Wants to Go

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

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.

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.