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

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

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

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

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

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

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

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

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

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.