The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

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

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

The spur that wouldn’t die.

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

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.