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

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Always a new use for this old building.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

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

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

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

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

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

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

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

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

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

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

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

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.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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