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Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

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

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

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

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

Celebrate Earth Day with a menagerie of vibrant, artistic animal costumes.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

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

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

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

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

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

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

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

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

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

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.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.