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

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

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

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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

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

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

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.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

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

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.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

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

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.