One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

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

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Always a new use for this old building.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

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

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

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

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

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

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

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

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

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.