A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

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

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.