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

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

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

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

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

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

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

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

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

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

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

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