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An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

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

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

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

The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.

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

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

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

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

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

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

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