Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

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

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