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

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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

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

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.

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

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

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

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

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

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.