An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

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

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

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

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

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

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

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

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