A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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

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

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

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

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

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

Always a new use for this old building.

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

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

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

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

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

The spur that wouldn’t die.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

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