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

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

A former Catholic seminary, now a Washington State Park, preserves undeveloped lands on Lake Washington and also hosts a luxury hotel.

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?

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

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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