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A mesmerizing amount of crazy art is attached to the side of this house on Seattle's Phinney Ridge, bringing smiles to those who venture down the driveway to take a look.

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

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

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

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

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

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

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

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

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Always a new use for this old building.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

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

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

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

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