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

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.

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

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

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

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

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

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

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.