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

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

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

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

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

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

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

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.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.