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

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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

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

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.

This beautiful example of neoclassical architecture is one of Uruguay's most treasured cultural gems.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.