Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

Always a new use for this old building.

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

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

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

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.