The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

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

Orcas on display and in the water.

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

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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

Always a new use for this old building.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

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

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.

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.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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