This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

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

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

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

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.