The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

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

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

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

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

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.

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

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.