San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

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

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

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

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

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

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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.

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

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

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.