Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

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

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

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

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

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.