World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

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

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

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

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

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

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Always a new use for this old building.