Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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

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

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

This site was a school and a center of Japanese-American life before internment.

The oldest remaining building in Tacoma was once the home of the "oldest bell tower" in America.

This statue honors Marvin Klegman, a heroic child who died while saving another boy's life in a 1949 earthquake, and shares his long untold story.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.

This landmark vessel dry-berthed in Tacoma's harbor served in emergencies and ceremonies for more than 50 years.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

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

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

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

The spur that wouldn’t die.