The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A science teacher's dream.

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

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

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

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

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

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

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

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

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

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

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

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

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

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