A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

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

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

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

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

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

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.

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

Hand-powered race of alternative forms of transportation.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.