With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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

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

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

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.