These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

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

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

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

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

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

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

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

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

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

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

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.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

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.