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

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

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

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

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

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

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

This unique library spans a mighty river.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

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

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

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

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

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.