Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

The magic's in the hole!

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

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

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

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

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

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

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

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

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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

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

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

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