One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

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

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

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

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

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

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

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

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.

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.