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

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

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

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

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

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

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

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

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.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.