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

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

One of the best views of the city is tucked away at the top of a water tower.

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

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

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

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

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

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

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

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A towering tribute to the Godfather of Soul.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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

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