Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

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

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

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

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.