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.

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

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

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

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

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

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.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

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

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

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.