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

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

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

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

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

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

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

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

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.