A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

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

Always a new use for this old building.

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

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

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

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

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

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

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

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

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

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

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.