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

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

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

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

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.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

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

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

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

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

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

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

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

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

The magic's in the hole!

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Orcas on display and in the water.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.