This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

The window above the urinal in the men's restroom is a giant periscope that offers a panoramic view of Eagle Harbor.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

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

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

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

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

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