This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

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

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

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

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

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

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

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

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

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

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

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

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