First planned industrial community in the United States.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.

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

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

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

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

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

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

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

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

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

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.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

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

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

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

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

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