A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

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

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

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

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

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

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

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