The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

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

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

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

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

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

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

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

This indiscriminate collection of audio antiques is trying to preserve the history of the audio industry one vintage appliance at a time.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.