Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

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

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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

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

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

Always a new use for this old building.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

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

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

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

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

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

The "Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands" stands at the center of 20 acres of lush, tropical prayer gardens.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.