A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

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

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

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

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

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

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

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

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

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.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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

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

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.