Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

This multi-functional park is a marvel of civic engagement.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

This 329-acre nature park is Lake Washington's largest remaining wetland ecosystem.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.

This landmark vessel dry-berthed in Tacoma's harbor served in emergencies and ceremonies for more than 50 years.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

Sharing the often-overlooked story of America's Black soldiers.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.