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

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

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Always a new use for this old building.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

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