The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

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

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

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

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

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

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

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

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

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

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

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

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

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

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

The birthplace of modern China.