This feature of the city's aqueduct has achieved numismatic fame thanks to its appearance on Mexican banknotes.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

This is the house that spite built.

A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

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

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.

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

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

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 former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

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

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.