This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

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

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

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

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

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.

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

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

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

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.