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

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

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

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

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

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 (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

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

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.