A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

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

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

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

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.

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

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

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

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