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

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

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

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

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

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

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.