The Kansas City Barbecue restaurant also contains the original piano that was a central part of the famous "Great Balls of Fire" scene.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

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

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.