The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.