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

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The magic's in the hole!

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

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.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

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