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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.