Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

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

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

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.

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

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

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

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

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

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

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

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

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

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

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.