A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This First Nations monument is a peaceful spot with vast views of the Calgary prairie.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

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

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

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

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

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

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

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

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

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

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.