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.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

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

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

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

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

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

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

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

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

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

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

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

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

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

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

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

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

After James Madison's death, his wife and former First Lady Dolley Madison lived in this yellow building near the White House.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.