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

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

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.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

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

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

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

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

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

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

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

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

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

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.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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.

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

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

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

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.