An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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

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

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

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

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

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

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

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

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

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

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."