Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

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

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

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

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

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

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

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.