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

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

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

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

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

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

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.