The imposing structure was originally established in 1580 as a military stronghold.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

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

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

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

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

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

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

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

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.

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

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

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

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

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."