Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

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

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

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

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

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

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

The spur that wouldn’t die.

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

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.