Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

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

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

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

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.