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

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

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

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

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

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

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

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

The founder of a utopian religious community based on the Golden Rule laid his son to rest on this grassy hill.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

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