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

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

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

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

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

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

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

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.

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

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.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

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