Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

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

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

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.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

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

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

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

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

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

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

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.