A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

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

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Orcas on display and in the water.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

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

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

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

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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.

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

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

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

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

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

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

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

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.