A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

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

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

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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

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

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

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

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

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

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 museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

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