The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

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

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

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

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

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

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

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.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

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

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.