In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

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

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

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

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.

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

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.