Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

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

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

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

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.