The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

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

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

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

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

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

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

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

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

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

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

The spur that wouldn’t die.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.