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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

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

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

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

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.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

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

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

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

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.