A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

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

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

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

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

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

Always a new use for this old building.

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

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."