Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

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

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

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

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

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

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

Always a new use for this old building.

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

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

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

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

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

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.