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Color Picture of the 1940 collapse

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma Narrows Bridge

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Fin Art at Magnuson Park

Seattle, Washington

Magnuson Park Fin Art

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

‘A Sound Garden’

Seattle, Washington

‘A Sound Garden’

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Vine covered columns activists hope to preserve.
Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Seattle's Ramps to Nowhere

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

The old gasification plant in Gas Works Park, Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Gas Works Park

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

Fremont Bridge

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Bridge

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Fremont Troll

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Troll

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

Lenin Statue of Fremont

Seattle, Washington

Lenin Statue of Fremont

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

Ballard Bridge with open drawbridge to allow passage of a ship, March 13, 1918

Seattle, Washington

Ballard Bridge

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

The narrower (southern) lock.  Looking west.

Seattle, Washington

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

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

Red Mill Totem House
Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Red Mill Totem House

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

West Point Lighthouse at Fort Lawton (Discovery Park).

Seattle, Washington

Fort Lawton

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

Museum of Pop Culture

Seattle, Washington

Museum of Pop Culture

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

Elephant Car Wash
Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Elephant Car Wash Sign

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

Psychic Chicken of Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Psychic Chicken of Seattle

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

Golden Age Collectables

Seattle, Washington

Golden Age Collectables

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

Gum Wall window ledge

Seattle, Washington

Gum Wall

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A brutalist fountain at Freeway Park.

Seattle, Washington

Freeway Park

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

Seattle Underground

Seattle, Washington

Seattle Underground

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Smith Tower Penthouse

Seattle, Washington

Smith Tower Penthouse

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

The Great Hall at Union Station.

Seattle, Washington

Union Station

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

Hat 'n' Boots today.

Seattle, Washington

Hat 'n' Boots

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

The main entrance to the Museum.

Tukwila, Washington

The Museum of Flight

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

The World's Largest Corn Dog is a 30-foot-long fiberglass structure on the roof of the Original Pronto Pup.

Rockaway Beach, Oregon

The Original Pronto Pup

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

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